There are no words...
It was about more than just a win...
I searched Technorati last night for "South Africa Australia cricket" and there were already quite a few blog posts up about how we gave the Aussies stick.
The thing though was that, over and above beating our arch nemisis, these kind of victories give our whole country a boost.
One of the Sabc commentators said that the atmosphere at the Bullring was like a 'World Cup final'. Yesterday we spoke in the office about this being like the 1995 Rugby World Cup. A very unexpected thing happened after the game. Cars and taxis were hooting like crazy and at the intersection outside our building, cars stopped at the robot, people jumped out running and waving flags. There were taxis full of people cheering, complete strangers were high-fiving each other. 1995, indeed.
Looking at the crowd at the match during the part that I got to see and on the highlights last night, I couldn't help getting that clichéd warm and fuzzy feeling. There was an entire nation (a representative nation) watching that match, cheering us on.
And we needed this. We've got a power 'crisis' in the Cape. Jacob Zuma and his army of blind followers have been causing chaos in the centre of Joburg. Today marks the start of a huge Transnet strike which is going to dent our economy. Three of our five teams in the Super 14 are playing like kak.
But, for one day, just for one day we got to forget about all of that. We got to forget about the potholes in the roads. We got to forget about the fact that Cape Town still doesn't have a mayor. And that the ANC still hasn't told us who most of the country's mayors are going to be.
There is statisical evidence that our success on the sports field affects the confindence in our country, and consequently our economy. Witness 1995. Witness when we won the 2010 World Cup bid. I really hope this lasts...
As an aside, its been ages since we've seen SA not choke at the death - in fact, the last time was probably back in Hansie and Kepler's days. And Boucher proved yesterday that we don't have to mess up under pressure. And how cool was it to see my man Roger playing like a champ again?
I searched Technorati last night for "South Africa Australia cricket" and there were already quite a few blog posts up about how we gave the Aussies stick.
The thing though was that, over and above beating our arch nemisis, these kind of victories give our whole country a boost.
One of the Sabc commentators said that the atmosphere at the Bullring was like a 'World Cup final'. Yesterday we spoke in the office about this being like the 1995 Rugby World Cup. A very unexpected thing happened after the game. Cars and taxis were hooting like crazy and at the intersection outside our building, cars stopped at the robot, people jumped out running and waving flags. There were taxis full of people cheering, complete strangers were high-fiving each other. 1995, indeed.
Looking at the crowd at the match during the part that I got to see and on the highlights last night, I couldn't help getting that clichéd warm and fuzzy feeling. There was an entire nation (a representative nation) watching that match, cheering us on.
And we needed this. We've got a power 'crisis' in the Cape. Jacob Zuma and his army of blind followers have been causing chaos in the centre of Joburg. Today marks the start of a huge Transnet strike which is going to dent our economy. Three of our five teams in the Super 14 are playing like kak.
But, for one day, just for one day we got to forget about all of that. We got to forget about the potholes in the roads. We got to forget about the fact that Cape Town still doesn't have a mayor. And that the ANC still hasn't told us who most of the country's mayors are going to be.
There is statisical evidence that our success on the sports field affects the confindence in our country, and consequently our economy. Witness 1995. Witness when we won the 2010 World Cup bid. I really hope this lasts...
As an aside, its been ages since we've seen SA not choke at the death - in fact, the last time was probably back in Hansie and Kepler's days. And Boucher proved yesterday that we don't have to mess up under pressure. And how cool was it to see my man Roger playing like a champ again?
posted by BOb at
11:45
3 Comments:
Nice one dude, couldn't agree with you more; it's an amazing feeling knowing that we showed those damn Aussies (and the world!)
and no i am not an australian suppourter... but warrenski... it took someone to make that score as well. hats off to superb cricket in general.
Well... that's very interessting but honestly i have a hard time determining it... wonder how others think about this..
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